DISCLAIMER: 80%+/- of the characters ain't mine!!!

First thing I saw when I opened the door was a portrait of me, and my biological family next to other portraits of my adopted family with their biological families and in the center, there was a picture of all seven of us.

Richard had his arms wrapped around Louise and Julius' necks, Circe was standing on a table, her arms wrapped around Richard's neck from the left and me doing the same from the right. Alyssa and Peter were standing in between Louise and Julius, Alyssa doing the "peace" sign and Peter giving Louise rabbit ears.

But my eyes went back to my family portrait. "Where did you get this?" I said in a whisper.

"eBay. Someone found the photo at your old house," Richard said.

I turned back to Richard and hugged him tightly. "Thank you," I whispered.

"Welcome," he whispered back then cleared his throat, pulling away. "Why don't you guys explore the rest of the house. Your names are on the doors."

"Aww..." Alyssa began. "But I wanted the--"

"Attic?" Richard guessed. "It's all yours." She stared at him, dumbfounded. Then, unexpectedly, she squealed and ran off. "I've known all of you for quite some time. The decorations and the place of the room is based on your personalities. Example, Julius, your room is in the basement, since you seek privacy, and Peter and Louise's rooms are nearest to the backyard where there is a shed for you to work on your... Uh--"

I groaned. "You gave them a whole shed to work on their pranks?"

"I was being considerate.... Bella, you got a room with some Classical Music CDs and a player. Not to mention a bed... Even though I've known you the longest, I'm not familiar with what you like so feel free to redecorate your room." Before I could say anything else, Richard ran off, "2nd floor! Last room on the right!" He called back.

I rolled my eyes and as I walked to my room, I walked past four rooms. Louise's was opposite Peter's, a room labeled "Lounge" was across a room labeled as "Office", and my room was opposite Julius'.

On the door to my room, as Richard promised, had gold letters spelling "Bella" written in a fancy curved hand-writing. Simple, yet elegant. Nice.

The first thing that caught my eye was a post-it stuck onto the dresser's mirror. "So, what do you think?" I laughed and turned to the door where everyone else was standing, staring at me. They had all said it at the same time.

"This is..." I gestured to the room. "Sweet of you guys--"

"So can we stay?" Alyssa asked quietly, stepping forward.

"What?" her question caught me off guard.

She cleared her throat and asked more firmly. "Can we stay?" She didn't let me answer before a sob escaped her. "This place... It reminds me of..."

I rushed over to her and hugged her. "I know... Hush hush... But we can't stay--"

"I understand--"

"We'll have to finish our mission first. Then we'll come back. I promise."

Alyssa gasped. "THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!" she squealed.

Boy, this girl sure can squeal.

Louise was glad to see his sister doing well and Peter was too. Julius stayed silent. Circe was just happy to see one of her kids happy.

"Okay, I hate to ruin the moment, but you guys have school and it starts tomorrow so can I trust you guys to take care of the house while Circe and I go buy your school materials?" Richard asked.

"Richie, my man, since when could you NOT trust us? Now, tut tut, time is short." Louise laughed shooing Richard and Circe away.

~5 minutes later~

"LOUISE!!!" I heard Alyssa scream.

"CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, FREAK!"

"YOU ARE IN SOOOO MUCH TROUBLE ASSHOLE!"

Julius came into the living room where I was sitting, watching TV. "Shouldn't you be stopping them? I mean they might break something."

"I'm not their mother, Jules, and they can handle themselves."

"Are you--"

"Crash!"

"Oh, fuck," I heard Louise mutter.

"LOUISE!" I shrieked.

~10 minutes later~

Julius, Peter, Alyssa and I sat awkwardly in the living room, watching TV, ignoring Louise's pleas. In case you're wondering, I locked him outside, strapped him to a tree. If he moved even an inch, the tree would break, it would fall and crush the RV, the house, or break some extra trees outside and make a bald spot in the forest. I knew that if any of the listed things happened, Louise would be in HUGE trouble. Apparently he figured that too.

"So what do you plan to do about this Coven, Bella? The one that lives here." Julius suddenly asked.

I looked at the other two in the room and gestured to the kitchen so that we didn't disturb them.

As soon as I was in the kitchen, I spoke. "Richard has experiences as a doctor right?"

"Yes."

"Awesome. Here's my plan: Richard enrolls the 5 of us into Forks High while he enrolls as a doctor in the Hospital and Circe gets a job as a teacher in Forks High. I'll go as a human with you guys. That should make the 5 Coven members curious and when we get close enough... BAM! Curiosity kills the cats. With 5 of them gone, it will be easier to kill the last two." I explained and gave the two to absorb all this.

"Great plan, Bells but there is one problem. I have this theory about something. These vampires may drink human blood and they are practically swimming in food. I wouldn't be surprised if there is a long list of missing Queen Bitches and Jocks. They probably date people and suck them dry when they get sick of them. And you'll be pretty famous for hanging out with people like them and if one day, you are found dating one of them and die the next day..." Julius trailed off.

"I can take care of myself, Jules. And I have you guys."

Julius smirked. "I'm touched that you trust us so much."

"How could I not? I've known you guys for a looooooong time."